Leyton Orient 1-3 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Thursday 26 December 2019

Result

Leyton Orient 1-3 Colchester United

League Two · Thursday 26 December 2019, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Leyton Orient 1-3 Colchester United: match report

Leyton Orient were beaten by Colchester United 1-3 in the League Two on Thursday 26 December 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Theo Robinson opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Leyton Orient's goal came from Ruel Sotiriou (86'). Colchester United scored through Theo Robinson (41'), Harry Pell (64') and Theo Robinson (90+1').

Discipline: Leyton Orient received 3 yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leyton Orient were 15th on 25 points from 22 and Colchester United 8th on 34 points from 21. Leyton Orient went on to finish that season 17th with 42 points, and Colchester United 7th with 61.

Leyton Orient lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Theo Robinson of Colchester United (8.6), ahead of George Marsh (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Leyton Orient wins, 0 draws and 1 for Colchester United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Callum HarriottColchester United
  • 28'Yellow card · Craig ClayLeyton Orient
  • 39'Yellow card · J. WrightLeyton Orient
  • 41'Goal · Theo RobinsonColchester United · 0-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Jordan Maguire-DrewLeyton Orient
  • 64'Goal · Harry PellColchester United · 0-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Omar SowunmiColchester United
  • 86'Goal · Ruel SotiriouLeyton Orient · 1-2
  • 90+1'Goal · Theo RobinsonColchester United · 1-3

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Leyton Orient 0, draws 0, Colchester United 1.

Team news

Leyton Orient line-up (4-1-4-1)

Sam Sargeant, George Marsh, Jamie Turley, Marvin Ekpiteta, Daniel Happe, Josh Wright, Jordan Maguire-Drew, Craig Clay, James Dayton, James Brophy, Lee Angol

Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Dean Gerken, Ryan Jackson, Omar Sowunmi, Tom Eastman, Cohen Bramall, H. Pell, Ben Stevenson, Kwame Poku, Luke Gambin, Callum Harriott, Theo Robinson